¡Oh llama de amor viva que tiernamente hieres de mi alma en el más profundo centro! Pues ya no eres esquiva acaba ya si quieres, ¡rompe la tela de este dulce encuentro! ¡Oh cauterio süave! ¡Oh regalada llaga! ¡Oh mano blanda! ¡Oh toque delicado que a vida eterna sabe y toda deuda paga! Matando, muerte […]

I have posted three images above: Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant. All of them speak to the idea of radical Christianity. And, all of them say pretty much the same thing. Two of the quotes are from saints, one a Catholic saint and one an Orthodox saint. The third one is a Protestant who is as […]

The death of Mohammad Ali gave me a bit of a different view of the Scriptures for today. Yesterday, I mentioned how Muhammad Ali’s legal fight helped set a precedent at the Supreme Court that has been of benefit to groups such as the Daughters of Charity and Hobby Lobby. Then I was looking at […]

Preaching is a frightening task. On the one hand, God warns you that you will be responsible for what you teach and preach, to the point that in one of the Gospels he comments that it would be better to tie a millstone around your neck and drown yourself rather than to cause one of […]

This is not a thought out theological reflection. I simply want to point out that the Old South, at its best, pointed out theological themes that had either been ignored in history or had lessened in value below what the Scriptures and Holy Tradition would hold as their true value. Among those diminished values is […]

I do not have a very profound point to make today. The problem with our reality is the problem of how often we are wrong. Any policeman can tell you, and has been able to tell you for decades, that eyewitness statements are notoriously unreliable. Between the stress of the moment, and the assumptions that […]

We talk about love being a sacrament, but so often we miss the practical aspects of that sacramental life. We often, and only, see it as a sacrament in terms of the unity of man and woman. We get all excited in speaking of this mystical union which we do not understand. But, we miss […]

This post is inspired by a post on Internetmonk.com found here. In that post he quotes from the Epistle to Diognetus, Pros Diognhton Epistolh, a second century product that defends the faith (apologetics). The author is unknown and simply calls himself, a disciple. In it is found the following quote: “For Christians cannot be distinguished from […]